Details for PlayStation Network and Qriocity Customer Appreciation Program in North America

Now that some PlayStation Network and Qriocity services have been restored and you’re once again enjoying online gaming and entertainment, we’re happy to provide details about the “Welcome Back” appreciation program for customers in North America. We developed the program as an expression of our gratitude for your patience, support and continued loyalty during the service outage. From all of us at PlayStation, thank you and welcome back!

This package will be made available to all existing registered PlayStation Network and Qriocity users in North America (US and Canada), and will be made available shortly after we have fully restored the service. More specific details about these offers and eligibility requirements will be posted as the services go live.

All PlayStation Network customers can select two PS3 games from the following list. The games will be available for 30 days shortly after PlayStation Store is restored and can be kept forever.

Dead Nation

inFAMOUS

LittleBigPlanet

Super Stardust HD

Wipeout HD + Fury

For PSP owners, you will be eligible to download two PSP games from the following list. The games will be available for 30 days shortly after PlayStation Store is restored and can be kept forever.

LittleBigPlanet (PSP)

ModNation Racers

Pursuit Force

Killzone Liberation

A selection of “On Us” rental movie titles will be available to PlayStation Network customers over one weekend, where Video Service is available. Those titles will be announced soon.

Existing PlayStation Plus subscribers will receive an additional 60 days of free subscription.

Existing Music Unlimited Premium Trial subscription members will receive an additional 30 days of free premium subscription.

Additional 30 days + time lost for existing members of Music Unlimited Premium/Basic subscription free of charge for existing Premium/Basic members.

To welcome users Home, PlayStation Home will be offering 100 free virtual items. Additional free content will be released soon, including the next addition to the Home Mansion personal space, and Ooblag’s Alien Casino, an exclusive game.

We’d like to thank all of our publishing and development partners who’ve contributed to the Welcome Back program, including Bigbig Studios, Codeglue, Digital Leisure, Guerilla Games, Heavy Water, Housemarque, Lockwood, Loot, Mass Media, Media Molecule, SCE Cambridge Studios, SCE Studio Liverpool, SCE San Diego Studios, and Sucker Punch Productions. We couldn’t have created such a compelling package without them!

As a reminder, you will be able to access the above content shortly after services are fully restored. We are doing everything we can to make that happen as soon as possible. Please visit the following sites for more information about the Welcome Back program in Europe and Latin America.

I appreciate the offer, but you’re essentially not giving your most loyal fans anything. Little Joey who plays games on the PS3 1 hour a month and has given Sony maybe $10 in the past 3 years will benefit out this. But what about the diehards who play for 20-30+ hours per week. They likely already have PS+ and ALL the games mentioned, what do they get? Why not give a game that came out over the downtime since NOBODY will have already purchased it.

I know I’m not the only one talking about this but is there anyway you can work out a deal with Netflix for credit on our accounts for the down time? Also, is there a way to watch movies through Netflix without having to sign into the PlayStation network?

What happens if i already own everything that is being given away for free? The only thing I don’t own is Super Stardust HD and because of where I live I cannot view video content. Please give me an answer Patrick.

this is an amazing list, i do have a question…i already have the entire list of games from the ps3 section, i already love the entire list and don’t want to seem whiny or unhappy. is there compensation for those who already have games from the ps3 list?

I really wish people would stop complaining about the game choices, and be thankful that we’re getting anything. Really, all we had to do was WAIT… to play a GAME… it’s not as if we had to put our lives on hold because Playstation was down. Thanks for everything, Sony! You’re awesome (:

Wow! This is excellent! Thanks very much for everything Sony; this really is an excellent package. I’m definitely interested in checking out the PS Plus membership so this is a great opportunity for me I think. Infamous and LBP or Dead Nation sound like awesome titles to me! You guys should aim for early next week because that is when I will have graduated college. =) Thanks again for all your hard work.

This is why I stick with Sony Products. Sony makes up for any thing that happens Microsoft doesn’t simple as that. I’ve complained about several of Microsoft’s products and I have never gotten a response from them. Sony tried to keep us up to date as best as they could. Sony you have forever earned my trust.